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twining

verb

Meaning

  1. (obsolete outside Scotland) To separate, divide.
  2. (obsolete outside Scotland) To split, part; to go away, depart.
  3. (usually in the passive) To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries).
  4. To be paired or suited.
  5. To give birth to twins.
  6. To be born at the same birth.
  7. To weave together.
  8. To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body.
  9. To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.
  10. To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved; to intertwine.
  11. To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.
  12. To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally.
  13. A layout or motion that twines.
  14. Complaining or grumbling

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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